2020 saw us lose Eddie Van Halen, Neil Peart, and Adam Schlesinger; three of our favourite musicians, biggest inspirations, and the absolute best to ever do what they did. So we decided to channel the inspiration they gave us over the years and record a tribute to them.

Maybe they're somewhere in the afterlife still doing the things they did that gave us so much joy in this life.

Written by Adam Schlesinger
Performed by Telescopium
   Parthan Shiv - Guitars
   Michael Liberatore - Drums
   Lenny Trinceri - Bass
Featuring vocals by Jared Epstein
Mixed and mastered by Jared Epstein

Free download available at: telescopium.bandcamp.com

That Thing You Do (feat. Jared Epstein)

We're just having some fun putting our own spin on this Lionel Riffy...er...Richie party jam from 1986. Now where'd I put my jheri curl and extended range keytar?

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Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie cover)

Written by Parthan Shiv

Princess of Æthiopia
And daughter of Cassiopeia
Beauty unmatched by all but the stars in the sky
A proud mother who can't hold her tongue
The child's expectations running hotter than the sun
Hubris visiting the sins of the mother on her child

A petty god's indignation
At the Nereids' perceived humiliation
The waves and storms of Poseidon's wrath
Wrecking everything in its path

There's only one solution
To this problematic situation
Sacrifice the girl to the jaws of the sea

Torn from the arms of her mother
Her clothes and dignity rent asunder
Superstition and ignorance rule the day
Chained to a rock beside the ocean
The hapless victim of the savage notion
That's she's the one who must be cast away

Closer and closer the beast draws near
Higher and higher the mounting terror
(Feel the heat from its breath
The ground shakes with every step
Those teeth, that mouth, the odour of death
All hope is lost, is this the end?)

From the sky descends the hero with wings at his heels
Wielding the Gorgon's head and Argosian steel

Heroic, noble, demigod, son of Zeus
Battling Poseidon's ocean-monster Cetus
Whips out Medusa's head
Now the creature is dead
Then he does the same to Phinaeus

For the girl's hand
For she was to be the queen of men

Signs of Life (mp3)

Andromeda

Download now at telescopium.bandcamp.com
Written by Parthan Shiv
Second guitar solo by Nick Lee (Moon Tooth, Riot V)

Uncomfortable in your disguise
And looking over your back with Janus' eyes
Cos' you're living in a world that you don't recognise
The changing of the status quo
Is the biggest chapter in your tale of woe
The encroaching future left you no place to go

Yet you choose to fight on the losing side of history
It's a mystery to me
Why you can't decide on a compromise to your beliefs
This is a fight that won't bring you victory

Your unsustainable point of view
Will all too soon disappear into the void
Your repudiation of the truth
Will guarantee that you will all be left behind

Yet you choose to fight on the losing side of history
It's a mystery to me
Why you can't decide on a compromise to your beliefs
This is a fight that won't bring you victory

The future becomes the present
The present becomes the past
Your rose-tinted views of tradition
Were never built to last
Your only hope is to adapt
Or to face extinction
In your constitution you lack
The capability for evolution

So you choose to fight on the losing side of history
It's a mystery to me
Why you can't decide on a compromise to your beliefs
This is a fight that won't bring you victory

Still you choose to fight on the losing side of history
It's a mystery to me
Why you can't decide on a compromise to your beliefs
This is a fight that won't bring you victory

FIGHT! (feat. Nick Lee)

Written by Parthan Shiv

If I could let you in
Let you into my mind
You would be
Be beside yourself
Enclosed with the space
The space within you
There's space enough for me
Space enough for me to breathe

And if you wanted to be alone
Be all alone
Inside my head
You'll find you have a home

Conspire with me in super-villainy
And we'll watch the world burn
Come fly with me, fly wild and free
Just like when Superman Returns

If I could see through
See right through the fog
And I feel you
Feel you right down to the bone
Enclosed with the space
The space within you
There's space enough for me
Space enough for me to see

And if I wanted to be alone
I'd be alone
Inside my head
Without you isn't home

Conspire with me in super-villainy
And we'll watch the world burn
Come fly with me, fly wild and free
Just like when Superman Returns

Superman Returns

Written by Parthan Shiv

Introspect and what you find
Mirror reflects your evil eye
Circumspect is not your style
The architect of your own lie
Effervescent in your deceit
Your debasement has a receipt
Abstinence is quite the feat
Ambivalent to the bitter treat

Goodbye, the scars will heal
The sun still shines on me
Goodbye, cut a new deal
I'll find something real
Goodbye, it's all so clear
A new beginning's here
Goodbye, this time for real
Goodbye, goodbye my dear

Severance of the accord
A consequence of wayward thought
Somnolence because you're bored
Ignorance is the river's ford
Vindication in the demise
Fascination with foolish highs
A condemnation of your vice
Salutations this is goodbye

Goodbye, the scars will heal
The sun still shines on me
Goodbye, cut a new deal
I'll find something real
Goodbye, it's all so clear
A new beginning's here
Goodbye, this time for real
Goodbye, goodbye my dear

Goodbye

Written by Parthan Shiv

God, I hate this air
And I really don't care
About most of these people
With personalities so vile
Gonna take me a drag
While I take a look back
And I swear it's the last one
I promise I'm not in denial

For I love to hate this place
As the weather turns
Gonna take what I learned
And let the city burn
Let the city burn
Goodbye to this forsaken waste
There's no time for regret
And no need to fret
Gonna take what I get
Gonna take what I get

Gonna take a chance
Try a different dance
And find some brand new partners
The situation's not ideal
Five years in the breach
Has done a lot to teach me
About how oranges work
But maybe I like apples

But I've grown to like your face
If it wasn't for you
There'd be nothing to do
And you know it's true
You know it's true
And I'll always celebrate
What we had before
Nothing less nothing more
As I walk out the door
As I walk out that door

As I walk out that door...

Now as we stoke the dying embers of summer
They're smouldering like the memories I'll always remember
They were the best of times
And even the worst was fine
Goodbye

Ashes and Embers

Written by Mari Na and Parthan Shiv
Guitar solo by Leo John aka "The Progcrastinator"
Artwork by Mari Na

The Sea was your lover
And you dreamt of her lure
Letting yourself fall back
Into her embrace
Like a tree falling silently
In winter snow
She sweeps you away
Buoyant and free

The Sea was your lover
And you her Sky
She mirrored your thoughts, the clouds
And the colour of your eyes
She lapped over you
A wave at a time
At once you knew
She had given herself
All of herself away to you

Your lover was the Sea
And you her Sky
You set sail on her loving gaze
Letting her guide
From one blueness to another
Far and wide
She swept you away

The Sea was your lover
But you had to slip away
The day you saw the peak
Of a faraway land
You knew you had to set foot
On the bittersweet sand
The Sea was your lover
And you her Sky

Sea and Sky (feat. Leo John)

From the mini-EP 'Need For Speed'. Out now!
Free download at: http://telescopium.bandcamp.com

Faced with the reality of being quarantined and the long-awaited sequel to Top Gun being delayed, we've decided to take matters into our own hands and pay tribute to the greatest movie of all time. 

Because we feel the need...the need for speed!

Performed by Telescopium
Parthan "The" Shiv - Vocals / Guitars / Programming
Michael "B-24" Liberatore - Drums
Lenny "Koggins" Trinceri - Bass

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Saxophone by Kunal "Sax Bomb" Singh of Wanderer's Soul

Mixed and mastered by Jared "Beatle" Epstein of Windowvine

Written by Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
Originally performed by Kenny Loggins

Need for Speed EP

Danger Zone (feat. Kunal Singh)

From the mini-EP 'Need For Speed'. Out now!
Free download at: http://telescopium.bandcamp.com

Faced with the reality of being quarantined and the long-awaited sequel to Top Gun being delayed, we've decided to take matters into our own hands and pay tribute to the greatest movie of all time. 

Because we feel the need...the need for speed!

Performed by Telescopium
Parthan "The" Shiv - Vocals / Guitars / Programming
Michael "B-24" Liberatore - Drums
Lenny "Koggins" Trinceri - Bass

Follow us on:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheTelescopium
Instagram: http://instagram.com/telescopium_band

Mixed and mastered by Jared "Beatle" Epstein

Written by Harold Faltermeyer, Tom Spiro
Originally performed by Cheap Trick

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Progressive Rock / Metal (or as we like to call it, Prog 'n' Roll) band from Brooklyn, NY. 

New single 'That Thing You Do!' available now on Bandcamp!

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